{
  "$type": "site.standard.document",
  "bskyPostRef": {
    "cid": "bafyreibsqseljsvl6zc74unn74tkhzw7f7nfi4tmnf6r5h2j3fbco7ec4a",
    "uri": "at://did:plc:g5bfjkm5v6i6sslbqsqxah3x/app.bsky.feed.post/3mki6ejfoold2"
  },
  "coverImage": {
    "$type": "blob",
    "ref": {
      "$link": "bafkreiffxbaql3uxotyfj5eeps52e2tluzmkadhlg4omwsctk6tvmnqrce"
    },
    "mimeType": "image/png",
    "size": 1053496
  },
  "path": "/feed/dispatches/united-kirby-american-merger-public-justification/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-27T11:45:38.000Z",
  "site": "https://theaircurrent.com",
  "tags": [
    "United CEO: Merger with American would have been ‘adding and not subtracting’",
    "The Air Current"
  ],
  "textContent": "United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby confirmed Monday that he approached rival American Airlines with a “big, bold vision” for a merger proposal in what would have been the largest U.S. airline tie-up in more than a decade. “I was hoping to pitch that story to American, but they declined to engage and instead responded by publicly closing the door,” Kirby wrote in an April 27 statement. “And without a willing partner, something this […]\n\nThe post United CEO: Merger with American would have been ‘adding and not subtracting’ appeared first on The Air Current.",
  "title": "United CEO: Merger with American would have been ‘adding and not subtracting’"
}